Etwikilo lEpsalome la tetekela
1 Kalunga, yukifile nge, u popile nge
kovanhu vehe na onghenda,
Omwene, Ove u xupife nge
kovanhu ve noipupulu noumbudi.
2 Osheshi Kalunga, Oove ou, ho amene nge.
Owa ekelela nge shi shike?
Ohandi endele shike nda nyika oluhodi
mokufininikwa komutondi wange?
3 Tumine nge ouyelele noshili yoye,
oyo i kwatele nge komesho,
yo i twale nge komhunda yoye iyapuki
nokoukalelo woye,
4 ame ndi fike koaltari yaKalunga,
kuKalunga kekaluko lange,
nondi pandule, Kalunga,
ndi ku shikile okaxumbafeta,
naKalunga kange!
5 Omwenyo wange, oshike wa polimana ngaha,
ndele to nhukauka meni lange uhe na efudo?
Teelela Kalunga!
Osheshi natango tuu handi ke mu hambelela,
Omuxupifi wange naKalunga kange.
The Prayer of Someone in Exile
(Continuation of Psalm 42)
1 O God, declare me innocent,
and defend my cause against the ungodly;
deliver me from lying and evil people!
2 You are my protector;
why have you abandoned me?
Why must I go on suffering
from the cruelty of my enemies?
3 Send your light and your truth;
may they lead me
and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill,
and to your Temple, where you live.
4 Then I will go to your altar, O God;
you are the source of my happiness.
I will play my harp and sing praise to you,
O God, my God.
5 Why am I so sad?
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God,
and once again I will praise him,
my savior and my God.
